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"[W side] Patriot Soldier [Seal of the State of Texas] Statesman Jurist RUSK [N & S sides blank] [E side] Erected by the state of TEXAS To the memory of GENERAL THOMAS J. RUSK Who fought for her liberty at San Jacinto Born in South Carolina Dec 5, 1808. Died at Nacogdoches, Texas July 29, 1857 He lived for Texas"
General Thomas J. Rusk is a historical marker in Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, dedicated in 1894. It is one of 94 historical markers documented in Nacogdoches County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 232 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 31.6028, -94.6496 near Nacogdoches. The nearest cataloged historic site is Nicholas Adolphus Sterne (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Haden Edwards, Kelsey Harris Douglass, and Charles Standfield Taylor.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5347009348. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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